Vernacular Palaver: Imaginations of the Local and Non-Native Languages in West Africa

By Moradewun Adejunmobi

Book Overview

This book highlights the continuing appeal of local identities for participants in social networks where communication occurs in languages that are not mother tongues.It demonstrates the importance of notions of localness and locality for speakers of non-native languages, despite the growing prominence of global languages in their lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853597724
• ISBN13: 9781853597725
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"